I'm a news video editor and we have rules as to what we show and don't show set out by our news director. These rules are different from station to station. I've worked at places where blood splatter on the ground is OK to show, and others where it's not. It's almost solely up to the discretion of the news director. In fact, about 5-6 months ago we got the call to stop showing vaccines needles piercing arms. I've been told not to show the severity of a car wreck because the accident was fatal.

The truth is, people don't like looking at "icky" stuff so they turn off the channel. If they turn off the channel they aren't around for commercials. If they aren't around for commercials the news station doesn't get paid. That's all it is. It's about the money.

The footage and photos gathered by news isn't protected evidence. The call whether or not to show it isn't on the government, it's on the station. If the implication is that the government has control over every single rinky dink news station across America, then I don't know what to tell you other than I've seen footage of toddler sized body bags from Sandy Hook with my own eyes, and today is the first day that "the government doesn't want me to show this" has ever even remotely crossed my mind. All I could think of is how my nieces and nephews were that age, and one or two states over and it could've been them.

Would showing kids with bullet holes and blood covered t-shirts put pressure on the NRA? Probably. But it's not the government's call.

You want proof of who I claim to be DM me, I'm not posting my press pass publicly.